Chapter Twenty-Three: The Beginning of the Shadows

"It's the Charm that killed us this time!"

Hearing Zhao Qing say it, it was the charm that assassinated them. There was also a hint of surprise in www.biquge.info cold eyes of Xuan Ming, could it really be as the landlord had expected before, there was a fine work in the Stygian Building, but he didn't expect it to be a ghost.

"Is that him?" Xuan Ming's thoughts hesitated, how could the ghost face sit down and make a careful work.

"Yes." Zhao Qing nodded.

It seemed that Zhao Qing's words, Yin Chiyan was also difficult to accept, and he was already dumbfounded. She thought that it was the previous batch of killers who assassinated Zhao Qing and Yan Yunxi to reappear, but she never thought that it would be the people inside the Stygian Tower.

"How could it be a ghost, he was Elder Li's proud disciple. You can't be lying to us, trying to provoke civil unrest in the Stygian Tower, right? Yin Chiyan looked at Zhao Qing with suspicion.

"It's a matter of life, how can I talk nonsense. Yun Xi almost died, but it was also thanks to him. Zhao Qing glared back at Yin Chiyan with great dissatisfaction, although this little girl hated her no matter how much she hated her, she shouldn't have buttoned the hat that provoked the civil strife in the Stygian Lan Building on her head.

"Tell me what happened." Xuan Ming stopped Yin Chiyan, who wanted to continue arguing with Zhao Qing, and Junyi's face under the mask also made waves.

"The wind on the cliff was so loud that I didn't hear it clearly. Come with me to Yunxi, he knows. Zhao Qing looked up at the sky, at this time the sun had come out, and the fog in the mountains was gradually dispersing. The wind is blowing, at this hour, Yunxi should wake up, come with me. ”

Xuan Ming and Yin Chiyan did not answer, and followed Zhao Qing back to the Hundred Herb House not far away. Zhao Qing walked in front to lead the way, and Xuan Ming and the others followed. Then he entered the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, and saw the winter insects cutting Ganoderma lucidum grass in front of the medicine cutting knife and stool, and then put it into the medicine mill and ground it into a fine powder to refine the Jade Spirit Pill.

Seeing Zhao Qing coming back, he was followed by two people who were dressed strangely and had extraordinary aura. One is as cold as ice, the other is as arrogant as fire, although the appearance is extraordinary, but it is also imposing. looks like an ordinary person, but like a person in the rivers and lakes.

Winter Worm couldn't help but stop what he was doing and got up to look at Zhao Qing. And Zhao Qing also saw the doubts of the winter worm, and had doubts about the identities of Xuan Ming and Yin Chiyan, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain.

"Brother Winterworm, don't be nervous, these two are my friends and once saved me and Yunxi." Zhao Qing knew the secrecy of the Stygian Tower, and it was inconvenient for people to know its identity. I am also afraid that after the insects know that they are the envoys and charms of the Stygian Tower, they will cause trouble. He didn't say much, just reassured him.

And the winter worm also understood what Zhao Qing meant, and he didn't ask about their identities, and he had more or less heard the master say, if these people in the rivers and lakes didn't have a self-registration number, it would be best not to ask more, so he just nodded, but he was still a little puzzled, why did Zhao Qing still know the people on the rivers and lakes.

"Where's the dew?" Winterworm asked.

"Here!" Zhao Qing handed the porcelain vase in the arms of the winter worm.

"Okay, you guys do it for yourselves!" After that, he took the dew, put away the Ganoderma lucidum grass and entered the alchemy pharmacy.

Zhao Qing took them to the Westinghouse, and she gently pushed the door in first. Yan Yunxi in the house had already woken up, and when he saw that Zhao Qing was not there, he thought that he might go to collect medicine with Xia Cao. Compared to yesterday, he felt lighter and more powerful, and he wanted to walk around on the ground. It's just that the right hand is not very convenient, and you still need to use your left hand when pouring tea, and the knife wound on your back is gradually healing.

Zhao Qing was a little surprised when he saw Yun Xi go to the ground. He was afraid that his casual movement would cause the wound on his back to open again, so he hurriedly stepped forward and snatched the bamboo and wooden pot in his hand.

"Why are you in the ground, Winterworm said, you need to recuperate for a few more days. If you don't listen to the doctor so much, if the wound is opened again, you will feel good! Zhao Qing poured tea for him here, and complained here.

"It's out of the way, today I feel much lighter and stronger, no longer as soft and weak as a few days ago." Yun Xi smiled and saw that she was worried about herself like a little resentful woman, and couldn't help but laugh.

And Zhao Qing didn't argue with him, just glanced at him.

"The envoy and the envoy of the Shadow Lan Tower are here, just outside the door."

"Invite them in." Yan Yunxi heard that Xuan Ming and Yin Chiyan were already outside the door, and his smiling face turned to surprise and solemnity.

Zhao Qing nodded slightly, got up and went outside the door to invite the two of them in. I saw Xuan Ming and Yin Chiyan coming in one after the other, Xuan Ming's style has never been to say a word of nonsense, only to say the key points every time, and only ask the key. He went straight to the point as he walked in the doorway.

"Young Master Yan, can you tell me what happened?"

"Okay, you two may be seated." Yun Xi raised his hand and made a gesture of please.

After the two of them took their seats, he told them in detail what happened after the sun came out of the Netherworld Forest, and after Xuan Ming heard it, his face was quite solemn, even Yin Chiyan's face sank like water, and she was thrilled to hear it, she never expected that the Stygian Lan Building founded by the master was like an iron pass, and now there will be a small work lurking.

"How can it be a ghost." Xuan Ming repeated thoughtfully, if it was really a ghost, then what he speculated later might be true.

"What is certain now is that the charm is indeed the work of the Stygian Lan Tower, which has been lurking for seven years. On the edge of the cliff that day, he saw that Qingqing and I had no way out, and he accidentally slipped out of his mouth in arrogance. ”

"What else did he say?"

"In the Stygian Tower, he is not the only one!"

"What?"

"Moreover, all of them can enter the Stygian Tower because there is their inner response in the Stygian Tower." Speaking of this, Yan Yunxi hesitated a little, after all, this is a matter of elders.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Xuan Ming saw Yan Yunxi's hesitation, and it must be the same as he had speculated.

"That person is Elder Li who is in charge of the rudder of the Xijin Kingdom of the Underworld Tower!"

Xuan Ming was silent, and it was really the same as he guessed. Seven years ago, it was Elder Li who took the charm into the Stygian Lan Tower, saying that he had a lot of wisdom and accepted him as a closed disciple, and five years later he returned to the helm and let his ghost envoy sit down and protect the Dharma. All this made him fall into deep thought.

"How could it be Elder Li, Elder Li is usually the most kind and approachable. To be amiable to each of our disciples, how can it be an internal response. Hey, Yan Yunxi, did you hear it wrong! Yin Chiyan couldn't listen to it, and retorted.

"Some people are not as simple as they seem, and from the look on the face of the ghost at the time, this has been confirmed. And he thought that we were going to die, so he did not deny it. Yan Yunxi was not angry at Yin Chiyan's questioning, but Zhao Qing was about to argue with this little girl, but he was stopped.

Seeing that Xuan Ming had been pondering without saying a word, Yan Yunxi continued.

"Envoy of the Underworld, the charm and the group of people who hunted me down are together, and they are also the murderers of my parents back then, and as far as I can guess, that group of people is likely to come from the imperial court. If it is really as I expected, the imperial court has already set its mind on eradicating the Stygian Tower. If Elder Li is their internal response, it is very likely that he wants to use Elder Li to dismantle the Stygian Tower, or use the power of the Stygian Pagoda in various countries, so as to get military secrets from various countries. ”

"I didn't expect this matter to be so involved." When Zhao Qing heard this, he sighed at the complexity of the matter, and suddenly remembered that Yun Xi said that the killers were likely to come from the imperial court, and his heart chuckled. "Yunxi, you said that the group of killers who chased and killed us are likely to come from the imperial court? Isn't it ......."

Yan Yunxi's eyes were meaningful, knowing that she had also noticed it, so she didn't hide it and said what she thought.

"As the landlord said, if grandpa found the real culprit in the Stygian Lan Building, with the power of the Yan family, he must have taken revenge. But these people reappeared after many years, and the identity of the other party was something that Grandpa couldn't deal with. In this world, who else can make grandpa fearful! ”

"It's... Emperor..."The word emperor, Zhao Qing did not speak, although she had thought before that the emperor of Nanling would be afraid that the Yan family's forces would threaten the imperial power. But she did not expect that the emperor would also use the means of assassinating ministers to weaken the rights of his courtiers.

Yan Yunxi didn't follow Zhao Qing's words, this was just his guess after all. The truth of the matter has to be confirmed by my grandfather after returning to Beijing.

"This is just my speculation, if the imperial court is really as the charm said, in seven years, different fine works will be placed in the Stygian Tower. The Stygian Building is now full of internal and external troubles. ”

"In this way, things are beyond the scope of the Stygian Tower's expectations. The master is immortal, and the young master is in power. I also expected that there would be unscrupulous people coveting the Stygian Lan Tower, but ......" Xuan Ming began to worry.

Although the martial arts attainments of the young landlord are not much worse than those of the master, he is lazy and casual by nature, and he is not interested in managing the Stygian Building, but he is just hindered by the master's entrustment and has no choice but to take over. He also knew that the current Stygian Lan Building no longer wanted to be as leaky as the master was back then.

"It's a matter of urgency, I need to go back to the Stygian Tower to report first. This time, due to the civil strife in the Ming Lan Building, the son of Yan was in danger, and Xuan Ming would be the owner of the building. Yan Gongzi can recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind, I will leave Yan'er with me, and escort you back to Beijing after Yan Gongzi's injuries are healed. Due to the urgency of the matter, Xuan Ming got up and said.

"Senior brother, I don't want to stay here to protect this vixen, Yan'er wants to go with you." As soon as he heard that Xuan Ming wanted to leave her here, he jumped up and disagreed. I finally went out with my senior brother on a mission, so she didn't want to stay.

"Oh, who is rare for you to protect! With you dead girl, we're dying faster! When Zhao Qing heard Yin Chiyan say this, he was instantly furious, and replied not to be outdone.

"Humph! This girl is not rare to protect you, you dare to call this girl a dead girl, you fox and a vixen! As soon as he heard Zhao Qing say this, Yin Chiyan was annoyed, rolled up his sleeves and pinched his waist to prepare for a war.

"Who is the vixen scolding!" Zhao Qing suddenly turned his brain, and set up a trap to wait for the dead girl to drill.

"The vixen scolds you!" I saw that Yin Chiyan really replied happily without thinking about it.

"Scolding whom?"

"Scold you!"

Yin Chiyan's momentum was not weak, and he raised his red nails and pointed at Zhao Qing's nose. But seeing that Zhao Qing was not only not angry, but smiled sinisterly, which suddenly made her a little confused about her routine, only to see her say proudly.

"yes, the vixen is scolding me!" Zhao Qing finally couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

And Yin Chiyan finally reacted, so angry that his lungs were about to explode. The delicate little face was already flushed, and at this time, Yan Yunxi couldn't help but laugh and laughed. But he found that he was rude and wanted to help Zhao Qing round the field. But looking at the momentum of the two of them full of gunpowder, the words came to their mouths and swallowed back. He turned his eyes to look at Xuan Ming, and saw that his face was expressionless, as if he was out of the matter, and he had no intention of persuading.